NSX-T Data Center REST API

Create or update a CommunicationEntry (Deprecated)

Update the CommunicationEntry. If a CommunicationEntry with the communication-entry-id
is not already present, this API fails with a 404. Creation of CommunicationEntries
is not allowed using this API.
This API is available when using VMware Cloud (AWS, Dell-EMC, Outpost, Hyperscalers) or VMware NSX. Deprecated: This API is deprecated. Please use the following API instead PUT /infra/domains/domain-id/security-policies/securit-policy-id/rules/rule-id

Request:

Method:

PUT

URI Path(s):

/policy/api/v1/infra/domains/{domain-id}/communication-maps/{communication-map-id}/communication-entries/{communication-entry-id}

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

CommunicationEntry+

CommunicationEntry (schema)

(Deprecated)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
action	Action The action to be applied to all the services.	string	Enum: ALLOW, DROP, REJECT
children	Subtree for this type within policy tree Subtree for this type within policy tree containing nested elements. Note that this type is applicable to be used in Hierarchical API only.	array of ChildPolicyConfigResource Children are not allowed for this type
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
destination_groups	Destination group paths We need paths as duplicate names may exist for groups under different domains.In order to specify all groups, use the constant "ANY". This is case insensitive. If "ANY" is used, it should be the ONLY element in the group array. Error will be thrown if ANY is used in conjunction with other values.	array of string	Maximum items: 128
direction	Direction Define direction of traffic.	string	Enum: IN, OUT, IN_OUT Default: "IN_OUT"
disabled	Flag to deactivate the rule Flag to deactivate the rule. Default is activated.	boolean	Default: "False"
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
logged	Enable logging flag Flag to enable packet logging. Default is deactivated.	boolean	Default: "False"
marked_for_delete	Indicates whether the intent object is marked for deletion Intent objects are not directly deleted from the system when a delete is invoked on them. They are marked for deletion and only when all the realized entities for that intent object gets deleted, the intent object is deleted. Objects that are marked for deletion are not returned in GET call. One can use the search API to get these objects.	boolean	Readonly Default: "False"
notes	Text for additional notes on changes Text for additional notes on changes.	string
origin_site_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for knowing which site owns an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing which site owns an object. This is used in NSX+.	string	Readonly
overridden	Indicates whether this object is the overridden intent object Global intent objects cannot be modified by the user. However, certain global intent objects can be overridden locally by use of this property. In such cases, the overridden local values take precedence over the globally defined values for the properties.	boolean	Readonly Default: "False"
owner_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for the ownership of an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing who owns this object. This is used in NSX+.	string	Readonly
parent_path	Path of its parent Path of its parent	string	Readonly
path	Absolute path of this object Absolute path of this object	string	Readonly
realization_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for realizing intent This is a UUID generated by the system for realizing the entity object. In most cases this should be same as 'unique_id' of the entity. However, in some cases this can be different because of entities have migrated their unique identifier to NSX Policy intent objects later in the timeline and did not use unique_id for realization. Realization id is helpful for users to debug data path to correlate the configuration with corresponding intent.	string	Readonly
relative_path	Relative path of this object Path relative from its parent	string	Readonly
remote_path	Path of the object on the remote end. This path is populated only in case of multi-site scenario. Currently it is supported only for LM objects. When LM is onboarded to multi-site platform like NAPP or GM, remote_path will be set to the globally unique path across multi-site topology . It is generated based on local site-name and uses /org tree namespace. Note: It is populated only for LM objects. Not supported on the GM.	string	Readonly
resource_type	Must be set to the value CommunicationEntry	string
scope	The list of policy paths where the communication entry is applied Edge/LR/T0/T1/LRP/CGW/MGW/etc. Note that a given rule can be applied on multiple LRs/LRPs.	array of string	Maximum items: 128
sequence_number	Sequence number of the this CommunicationEntry This field is used to resolve conflicts between multiple CommunicationEntries under CommunicationMap for a Domain If no sequence number is specified in the payload, a value of 0 is assigned by default. If there are multiple communication entries with the same sequence number then their order is not deterministic. If a specific order of communication entry is desired, then one has to specify unique sequence numbers or use the POST request on the communication entry entity with a query parameter action=revise to let the framework assign a sequence number	int
services	Names of services In order to specify all services, use the constant "ANY". This is case insensitive. If "ANY" is used, it should be the ONLY element in the services array. Error will be thrown if ANY is used in conjunction with other values.	array of string	Maximum items: 128
source_groups	Source group paths We need paths as duplicate names may exist for groups under different domains. In order to specify all groups, use the constant "ANY". This is case insensitive. If "ANY" is used, it should be the ONLY element in the group array. Error will be thrown if ANY is used in conjunction with other values.	array of string	Maximum items: 128
tag	Tag applied on the communication entry User level field which will be printed in CLI and packet logs.	string	Maximum length: 32
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
unique_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system This is a UUID generated by the GM/LM to uniquely identify entities in a federated environment. For entities that are stretched across multiple sites, the same ID will be used on all the stretched sites.	string	Readonly

Example Request:

{ "description": " comm entry", "display_name": "ce-1", "sequence_number": 1, "source_groups": [ "/infra/domains/vmc_domain/groups/webgroup" ], "logged": false, "destination_groups": [ "/infra/domains/vmc_domain/groups/dbgroup" ], "scope": [ "ANY" ], "action": "DROP", "services": [ "ANY" ], "_revision": 0 }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

CommunicationEntry+

CommunicationEntry (schema)

(Deprecated)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
action	Action The action to be applied to all the services.	string	Enum: ALLOW, DROP, REJECT
children	Subtree for this type within policy tree Subtree for this type within policy tree containing nested elements. Note that this type is applicable to be used in Hierarchical API only.	array of ChildPolicyConfigResource Children are not allowed for this type
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
destination_groups	Destination group paths We need paths as duplicate names may exist for groups under different domains.In order to specify all groups, use the constant "ANY". This is case insensitive. If "ANY" is used, it should be the ONLY element in the group array. Error will be thrown if ANY is used in conjunction with other values.	array of string	Maximum items: 128
direction	Direction Define direction of traffic.	string	Enum: IN, OUT, IN_OUT Default: "IN_OUT"
disabled	Flag to deactivate the rule Flag to deactivate the rule. Default is activated.	boolean	Default: "False"
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
logged	Enable logging flag Flag to enable packet logging. Default is deactivated.	boolean	Default: "False"
marked_for_delete	Indicates whether the intent object is marked for deletion Intent objects are not directly deleted from the system when a delete is invoked on them. They are marked for deletion and only when all the realized entities for that intent object gets deleted, the intent object is deleted. Objects that are marked for deletion are not returned in GET call. One can use the search API to get these objects.	boolean	Readonly Default: "False"
notes	Text for additional notes on changes Text for additional notes on changes.	string
origin_site_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for knowing which site owns an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing which site owns an object. This is used in NSX+.	string	Readonly
overridden	Indicates whether this object is the overridden intent object Global intent objects cannot be modified by the user. However, certain global intent objects can be overridden locally by use of this property. In such cases, the overridden local values take precedence over the globally defined values for the properties.	boolean	Readonly Default: "False"
owner_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for the ownership of an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing who owns this object. This is used in NSX+.	string	Readonly
parent_path	Path of its parent Path of its parent	string	Readonly
path	Absolute path of this object Absolute path of this object	string	Readonly
realization_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for realizing intent This is a UUID generated by the system for realizing the entity object. In most cases this should be same as 'unique_id' of the entity. However, in some cases this can be different because of entities have migrated their unique identifier to NSX Policy intent objects later in the timeline and did not use unique_id for realization. Realization id is helpful for users to debug data path to correlate the configuration with corresponding intent.	string	Readonly
relative_path	Relative path of this object Path relative from its parent	string	Readonly
remote_path	Path of the object on the remote end. This path is populated only in case of multi-site scenario. Currently it is supported only for LM objects. When LM is onboarded to multi-site platform like NAPP or GM, remote_path will be set to the globally unique path across multi-site topology . It is generated based on local site-name and uses /org tree namespace. Note: It is populated only for LM objects. Not supported on the GM.	string	Readonly
resource_type	Must be set to the value CommunicationEntry	string
scope	The list of policy paths where the communication entry is applied Edge/LR/T0/T1/LRP/CGW/MGW/etc. Note that a given rule can be applied on multiple LRs/LRPs.	array of string	Maximum items: 128
sequence_number	Sequence number of the this CommunicationEntry This field is used to resolve conflicts between multiple CommunicationEntries under CommunicationMap for a Domain If no sequence number is specified in the payload, a value of 0 is assigned by default. If there are multiple communication entries with the same sequence number then their order is not deterministic. If a specific order of communication entry is desired, then one has to specify unique sequence numbers or use the POST request on the communication entry entity with a query parameter action=revise to let the framework assign a sequence number	int
services	Names of services In order to specify all services, use the constant "ANY". This is case insensitive. If "ANY" is used, it should be the ONLY element in the services array. Error will be thrown if ANY is used in conjunction with other values.	array of string	Maximum items: 128
source_groups	Source group paths We need paths as duplicate names may exist for groups under different domains. In order to specify all groups, use the constant "ANY". This is case insensitive. If "ANY" is used, it should be the ONLY element in the group array. Error will be thrown if ANY is used in conjunction with other values.	array of string	Maximum items: 128
tag	Tag applied on the communication entry User level field which will be printed in CLI and packet logs.	string	Maximum length: 32
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
unique_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system This is a UUID generated by the GM/LM to uniquely identify entities in a federated environment. For entities that are stretched across multiple sites, the same ID will be used on all the stretched sites.	string	Readonly

Example Response:

{ "resource_type": "CommunicationEntry", "description": " comm entry", "id": "ce-1", "display_name": "ce-1", "path": "/infra/domains/vmc/communication-maps/application-section-1/communication-entries/ce-1", "parent_path": "/infra/domains/vmc/communication-maps/application-section-1", "relative_path": "ce-1", "sequence_number": 1, "source_groups": [ "/infra/domains/vmc/groups/dbgroup" ], "logged": false, "destination_groups": [ "/infra/domains/vmc/groups/appgroup" ], "scope": [ "ANY" ], "action": "ALLOW", "services": [ "/infra/services/HTTP", "/infra/services/CIM-HTTP" ], "_create_user": "admin", "_create_time": 1517317382942, "_last_modified_user": "admin", "_last_modified_time": 1517317382962, "_system_owned": false, "_protection": "NOT_PROTECTED", "_revision": 1 }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

policy_dfw

Additional Errors:

• 301 Moved Permanently
• 307 Temporary Redirect
• 400 Bad Request
• 403 Forbidden
• 409 Conflict
• 412 Precondition Failed
• 500 Internal Server Error
• 503 Service Unavailable